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A 30 year-old Green Party candidate set to run for a Senate seat in Maryland this year was the victim of a fatal bicycle accident on Sunday. Natasha Pettigrew was riding her bike in early morning hours training for a triathalon when she was struck by an SUV. The driver of the car thought she hit an animal and kept driving with the bike lodged under her car. The Washington Post reports that Natasha Pettigrew died in the hospital one day after the accident from her injuries....

Nevada State Senate Bill 283 went into effect this week, recognizing rights of same-sex couples equal to those of married couples. And 800 couples have already taken the State up on the civil union legislation. Not to be mistaken, Nevada’s state constitution still bans same-sex marriage, but the new domestic partnership bill means more rights and recognitions for same-sex couples and heterosexual couples who apply. These include community property rights and right to seek financial support after a dissolution of the union....

Somewhere in between the time when Pabst Blue Ribbon was just Frank Booth’s favorite beverage and when it became the go-to can of every skinny-jeaned hipster from Bushwick to Silver Lake, production of the beer itself was taken over by conglomerate MillerCoors. That production agreement, signed in 1999, is set to expire in 2020, and that may mean the PBR bubble is about to burst. Pabst is claiming that MillerCoors is trying to put it out of business by not negotiating an extension on the contract brewing agreement in good faith....

As an employer, you have many responsibilities with respect to workers and employees. You must pay certain taxes and contribute to various state and federal programs, and you must verify the employment authorization of each worker. In the words of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, “Employers have certain responsibilities under immigration law during the hiring process.” So let’s look at your obligations and the penalties you face if you fail to fulfill your duty to the federal government....

Uber has long promised Big Apple drivers they can “cash in on the action” of ridesharing. And just months after settling a lawsuit over allegations of misleading claims about how much drivers could earn, Uber is now admitting it mischarged its drivers for years, to the tune of about $900 per driver. And with some 50,000 drivers in New York City, that could mean Uber owes underpaid drivers around $45 million in back pay....

Going to the gynecologist is not on every woman’s top 10 list of favorite things to do. Although you probably trust your doctor, you’re often in a vulnerable position and you’d like to get things over with as quickly as possible. But imagine adding sexual assault to that scenario. Over 50 women are accusing a USC gynecologist of sexual assault during their exams. And that number could grow significantly as police investigate his decades-long career and the university that seems to have ignored numerous complaints of inappropriate and abusive exams....

Parenthood is not for the faint of heart. It can be both incredibly rewarding and unbelievably difficult. And there is no one perfect way to parent, because every child is different, and the circumstances of each household are different. From helicopter parenting to the free-range advocates, there are a lot of acceptable parenting styles, as well as a lot of grey area. The challenge is, what do we do when people and even law enforcement on one side of the spectrum view the tactics of the other side as neglectful or otherwise illegal?...

As healthcare reform captures a top spot in daily headlines these days, we want to get back to the basics and learn about a term that is being tossed around like a tennis ball lately…single payer health care. What is it all about? Read below for the 411. Single payer insurance refers to a government-run healthcare system that is nearly universal. Examples of existing single-payer health care include nationalized programs seen in Canada, Australia, Taiwan, and England....

A Michigan employee was fired for leaving his post to help a man extinguish his car fire, and those who support Good Samaritans want to know why. David Bowers, 62, is a retail greeter at Meijer, a Midwest chain retail store. He was fired after he left his designated area during a shift in mid-November to help extinguish a car fire in the parking lot. The man whose car he saved, Ken Kuzon, wants to know why a do-gooder like Bowers should be punished, reports The Associated Press....

Applying for a job can be a stressful pursuit as an applicant prepares answers to those predictable questions, and hopes that his research will help him stand out amongst the sea of eager applicants. Whether fresh out of college, or re-entering the workforce after a long hiatus from the nine to five grind, one way to prepare yourself for an interview is to know which questions you don’t have to answer....

A gunman opened fired killing 6 people and injured several others before turning the gun on himself. The shooter was a 37-year-old man and his ex-wife or girlfriend who police believe were involved in a domestic violence situation that spilled into the office of Emcore Corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, CNN reports. Police say the shooter was a former Emcore employee and the incident was a domestic violence workplace shooting....

Arizona, not content to idle after the passage of its controversial immigration law, is pressing on. The state is now considering drafting a new law that would deny “birthright citizenship” to children born in the country to undocumented parents. A new bill is being considered by Senator Russell Pearce, the architect of SB 1070 which gave Arizona police the ability to question the immigration status of anyone stopped for a valid reason....

If you’ve gotten some cosmetic surgery, you’d probably want to show off the new you. And it’s understandable that plastic surgeons and clinics would want to show off their good work as well. But some of that work can be pretty personal, and while you can choose whether and how to show off your new body, does that mean surgeons and clinics can post whatever photos they want online, without your permission?...

Police reports can be fantastic summaries of the circumstances of your injury, but you can sue without one. There are a number of different reasons you may not have a police report: Perhaps you didn’t report a crime, you didn’t follow administrative procedures to obtain one, or maybe one was never generated. Regardless, you don’t need a police report in order to make your injury case. Here are three things you should know about suing for injury without a police report:...

Ever since an elderly woman burned herself with McDonald’s coffee and won a $3-million jury verdict, lawsuits alleging that purveyors of edibles are negligent when serving hot food have been popping up across the country. The latest of these lawsuits involves the happiest purveyor of all–Disney. While vacationing at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, Michael and Maria Harris sat down at one of the resort’s restaurants with their 4-year-old son....

The Donald Duck groping incident is over for the Walt Disney Co., which has reportedly settled a lawsuit with a Pennsylvania woman who alleged that an employee dressed as the cartoon character molested her during a 2008 vacation. Though the terms of the settlement are being kept confidential, chances are that the groping victim, April Magolon, made away with a hefty sum. According to the complaint filed in the original lawsuit, while with her children at Disney’s Epcot Center in Florida, Donald Duck “[grab]bed April Magolon’s breast and molest[ed] her and then made gestures making a joke indicating he had done something wrong....

When signing an agreement, business owners may sometimes wonder, “does my contract need to be notarized or witnessed?” The short answer is generally no: Business contracts typically don’t need to be notarized or witnessed in order to be legally binding. There are, however, several good reasons to consider having a contract notarized or witnessed. A notary can play an important role in making sure that a contract is legally enforceable, even if notarization isn’t necessary....

It’s pretty obvious that landlords are required to provide the basics: locking doors, hot water, and heating. But one of the questions that gets asked the most in landlord-tenant law is whether a landlord is required to provide tenants with air conditioning. The answer? Probably not. Every state, and most municipalities, have requirements that a landlord must meet while someone occupies a rental unit. These are generally known as a landlord’s warranty of habitability, and are meant to ensure that tenants have access to basic necessities....

For marijuana consumers, the problems just keep getting better. Not many years ago, it seemed that legalization of the drug was a pipe dream. Today many American states are decriminalizing or legalizing cannabis. In Colorado, the issue now is public consumption. You can go to bars and have a drink in Colorado. But you can’t smoke legal weed anywhere but at home, making consumption confusing for tourists. Marijuana use has been banned at hotels and in public generally but resourceful enthusiasts are working round the prohibitions with cannabis clubs, places where people can go to hang out and smoke....

Should you give your employees panic buttons? Sexual harassment of housekeepers at prominent New York City hotels has raised awareness of the dangers that employees may face in the work place. This is in response to the string of housekeeper-related sexual harassment cases that have arisen in hotels. Two weeks ago, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former IMF chief, was arrested on sexual assault and attempted rape of a maid at the Sofitel....